Hedge funds
Grimeh shifts into fixed income at $30bn hedge fund
StanChart's regional head of financial markets, Americas, could give up roles at GFMA and the NY Fed's FXC soon, source says
FlexTrade opens office in Australia
The multi-asset system provider aims to pick up some business as retirement funds Down Under look elsewhere for returns
Hunter Burton Capital launches new FX fund
The income fund will focus on short-term market volatility
Hunter Capital appoints Lerpiniere as senior portfolio manager
Sydney-based global macro fund makes senior hire
FX funds fall flat in March
Yields slip as Fed guidance lowers hike expectations
FX funds begin 2016 on a positive note
Parker FX Index meanders into positive territory in January
Currency managers end 2015 on downbeat note
Parker FX Index shows negative returns of 0.51% for December
FX will shine amid hunt for absolute returns
In the hunt for yield, investors are waking up to the idea there is more to currencies than hedging
Worries mount over year-end liquidity conditions
With only six trading days between the Fed's last rate meeting and the holiday period, market participants are being warned to prepare for a rocky year end
Currency fund returns turn negative in June
According to the Parker FX Index
Jones finds inspiration in Pierrepoint for FX execution
Ex-Citi FX head names advisory after Albert Pierrepoint, the UK's last executioner
GSA split amicable, Gerko says
GSA's head of FX trading says his spin-off from the hedge fund was planned for months, with the support of GSA
Gerko to exit GSA and set up market-making business
Head of GSA's market-making team is set to go it alone in July
FCA to probe possible conflicts in barrier options
The UK's Financial Conduct Authority will examine possible conflicts in the trading of foreign exchange options; some participants avoid these products in thinly traded markets
Global trade reporting ‘a mess', Sibos delegates told
DTCC and Commerzbank tell Sibos delegates that global derivatives trade reporting requires further regulatory intervention to be a success
Parikh hands in resignation at Goldman Sachs
The migration of senior FX traders from banks to the buy side continues, with Parikh exploring options at a hedge fund
C-View launches systematic FX program
Twenty-eight year trading veteran teams up with C-View to launch FX fund
Currency fund returns on the up after tough few years
Profits rise as the paths of major economies begin to diverge
JCI Capital bucks trend with Ucits fund launch
"We never get too excited, we never get depressed," says Giovanni Pozzi, partner and head of FX at JCI Capital, despite continued negative returns measured by the Parker FX Index in June
Beach Horizon loses general operating manager
The hedge fund has seen a senior manager leave in London, as well as its US feeder fund close down after more than four years
Top FX traders flee banks to join buy side
After some of the biggest names in FX from major global banks departed to the buy side in the past 12 months, FX Week takes stock to look at some of the motivations for making the switch
Banks reconsider prime brokerage models
Small and medium-sized clients find it harder to access interbank markets
Savage launches multi-strategy hedge fund
Former FX Concepts executives Robert Savage and Ron DiRusso launch Citic Capital Holdings
Mercury Forex diversifies from spot, takes over FX24
Swiss currency manager has collaborated with FX24 to launch a new discretionary trading programme